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TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors signed centre Orlando Robinson to a 10-day contract Saturday. The six-foot-10, 235-pound Robinson averaged 2.1 points, 1.6 rebounds and 6.3 minutes in nine games with the Sacramento Kings this season. He was waived Jan. 7. Robinson has appeared in 76 games (eight starts) with Sacramento and Miami, averaging 3.1 points, […]

NAPANEE, Ont. — Ontario’s police watchdog says it is investigating after an officer shot a man in Camden East on Friday evening. The Special Investigations Unit says provincial police were called to a home in the community outside of Napanee at about 5 p.m. for reports of a disturbance. The agency says officers tried to […]

OTTAWA — Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland is billing herself as the best person to lead Canada’s fight against Donald Trump. In her first campaign ad since joining the Liberal leadership race Friday Freeland claims Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre would sell Canada out to Trump. The ad was launched in a video message posted to […]

TORONTO — After stints with England’s Wolves, Sheffield Wednesday, Milton Keynes Dons and Blackpool as well as Germany’s Arminia Bielefeld, Switzerland’s Grasshopper Club Zurich and Spain’s Granada CF, Canadian winger Theo Corbeanu is back home at Toronto FC. The 22-year-old from Hamilton spent time with the TFC academy, joining in late 2016 when he was […]

OTTAWA — Canadian colleges and universities are responding to a cash crunch brought on by Ottawa’s cut to international student permits with layoffs, hiring freezes and service reductions, say people in the post-secondary education sector. A year ago, the federal government announced a 35 per cent reduction in study permits — bringing the number down […]

When Anna began planning to leave her husband, she never expected how complicated it would be. In her rural, eastern Ontario town, there weren’t any resources available nearby for survivors of intimate partner violence. There wasn’t any public transit or any legal aid, either. She also had a daughter and a medical condition that kept […]

KITCHENER, Ont. — Trent Swick and Tanner Lam scored in the shootout to lift the Kitchener Rangers to a 4-3 win over the Flint Firebirds in Ontario Hockey League play on Friday night. Swick also scored in regulation for the Rangers. Cameron Arquette and Christian Humphreys had the other Kitchener goals. Sam McCue, Matthew Wang […]

GUELPH, Ont. — Toronto skip John Epping made a hit for two points for a 7-5 extra-end victory over Switzerland’s Marco Hoesli on Friday night at the WFG Masters. Epping and his Sudbury, Ont.-based team caught a break when Philipp Hoesli threw his final stone of the eighth end through the house. That gave Epping […]

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays acquired unperforming outfielder Myles Straw and $2 million in international signing bonus pool allocation from the Cleveland Guardians in a trade on Friday. The money could have been used by Toronto in its pursuit of Roki Sasaki, but hours later the prized Japanese pitcher announced in an Instagram […]

OTTAWA — Pat King, an organizer of the 2022 “Freedom Convoy” protest, is set to be sentenced Feb. 7. Superior Court Justice Charles Hackland found King guilty on five counts In November, including mischief and disobeying a court order. He was found not guilty on three counts of intimidation and one count of obstructing police. […]